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October 27, 2019

The Catholic church fired a straight woman for her support of the queer community

A straight employee of a Catholic high school says she was fired for publicly supporting two guidance counsellors who lost their jobs for being gay. Two lesbian guidance counsellors at Roncalli High School in Indianapolis were told their contracts would not be renewed because they were married to women. The school, which...

October 27, 2019

Gay MP offers to sit down with vandals who painted homophobic graffiti on his office

A gay MP in Plymouth has offered to “sit down and talk” with the person who spray painted homophobic graffiti on the front of his office. Luke Pollard, the Labour MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport, had his city-centre vandalised today (October 27) with the words “Pollard is a pedo” in red...

October 27, 2019

Call Me By Your Name author says people with ‘small minds’ discuss straight actors playing LGBT+ roles

The author of Call Me By Your Name, André Aciman, has said he thinks discussing whether straight actors can play LGBT+ roles is for people with “small minds”. Call Me By Your Name began life as a Aciman’s debut novel in 2007 and later became an Academy Award-nominated film in 2017, written by James Ivory...

October 27, 2019

This trans intersex person explains why they didn’t need surgery to be ‘fixed’

A trans intersex person has explained, in a moving opinion piece for Intersex Awareness Day (October 26), why they didn’t need surgery to be “fixed”. There are many different ways that a person can identify as intersex, which is an umbrella term encompassing those who are born with sex characteristics...

October 27, 2019

Sandi Toksvig was shunned for her sexuality at Cambridge University

Sandi Toksvig was shunned and humilated for being gay when she was a student at Cambridge University, an extract from her new book has revealed. The Great British Bake Off presenter published an extract of her memoir Between the Stops, to be released on October 31, in The Sunday Times. As a first year at …...

October 27, 2019

Sandi Toksvig was shunned for her sexuality at Cambridge University

October 27, 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook reflects on emotional decision to come out as gay

Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that he was publicly motivated to come out as gay after receiving letters from children struggling with their sexual orientation. The 58-year-old came out as gay in 2014, becoming the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 firm as a result. Five years on, Cook recounted his journey …...

October 26, 2019

Watch drag queen Charity Kase create witchy Halloween drag make-up

Drag queen Charity Kase transforms into incredible spooky looks that you’ll want to recreate beyond your Halloween costume. We spoke to the “monster drag queen” herself to find out more about how to create a witchy drag look and why she loves the “darker side” of drag make-up. Watch Charity Kase create witchy Halloween...

October 26, 2019

WWE just made history by signing openly gay wrestler Jake Atlas

Openly gay wrestler Jake Atlas has been signed by WWE. The wrestler will join WWE in January 2020, according to OutSports. The wrestler, real name Kenny Marquez, has made a splash on the indie wrestling scene by winning the 2017 Southern California Rookie of the Year Award, before coming out in 2018. Responding to reports...

October 26, 2019

Jeff Goldblum reveals how ‘cruel’ dad forced his brother through traumatising conversion therapy

Jeff Goldblum has revealed that his late gay brother was forced to endure traumatising conversion therapy by their father. In an interview with The Times Magazine, the actor said that his father’s treatment of his brother Lee, who recently passed away, was often “cruel”. The Jurassic Park star said that...